AQW 2462/10

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 04/11/2009
Answered On Date: 16/11/2009
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure to outline his Department's strategy for preserving maritime heritage.

Answer:

The Report of the Assembly’s Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee Inquiry into the need for a Museums Policy for Northern Ireland included a recommendation that the policy address the issue of how the maritime museum sector can be developed.

Departmental Officials are working with key stakeholders to develop a policy which will address the Committee’s recommendations including consideration of the development of the maritime sector. However it will be subject to the necessary funding and approvals being agreed.